Archive for May, 2020
L.A. COUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY; COUNTYWIDE CURFEW
May 31st, 2020Via: LA Times: After two days of protest, chaos and looting, it was a surreal Sunday in Southern California as demonstrators once again gathered en masse, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on […]
California: Newsom Declares State of Emergency in L.A., Deploys National Guard
May 31st, 2020Via: LA Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom late Saturday declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles county and city and activated the National Guard to assist police after two days of violent demonstrations sparked by the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man whose neck was pinned down by a white police officer. […]
NASA Resumes Human Spaceflight from U.S. Soil with Historic SpaceX Launch
May 30th, 2020Via: Reuters: SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years.
This Company Will Point Satellites at Earth and Use them to Look for UFOs
May 30th, 2020Via: Vice: Hypergiant was founded just two years ago, in 2018, but the company has already worked with the likes of Booz Allen Hamilton, Shell, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Department of Homeland Security. … “UAPs are the X at the cross center.”
Minneapolis: Pentagon Puts Military Police On Alert
May 30th, 2020Via: AP: As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests. Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina […]
From 9/11 to COVID-19, It’s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency
May 30th, 2020This opening excerpt is grim, but, if you are raising children, his prescriptions are worth a read. Via: The Rutherford Institute: Don’t pity this year’s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation. Pity them because they […]
Flu Vaccine Deadlier than Covid19
May 30th, 2020Via: Highwire:
Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency With 850 Deaths and No Lockdown
May 29th, 2020Via: Newsweek: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the end of his state of emergency declaration for the novel coronavirus pandemic, with just 851 deaths reported and without ever implementing a lockdown. “I have decided to end the state of emergency across the nation,” Abe said during a televised press conference on Monday. “In […]
Minneapolis Riots
May 29th, 2020Via: 9 News Australia: Fury has erupted in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, as angry crowds took to the streets, clashing with officers, setting fire to buildings, looting shops and even ransacking a police station.
Why We Have So Many Problems with Our Teeth
May 29th, 2020Since switching to a mostly paleo diet, I’ve had four cavities, three of which are shown on the quote below. I had none before. *groan* Maybe the damage was done during the doughnut and pasta days of decades ago??? I don’t know. Anyway, if you have supported Cryptogon lately, thank you. Via: Scientific American: Indeed, […]
